Marymoor Village station explained

Marymoor Village
Style:Sound Transit
Type:Link light rail station
Borough:Redmond, Washington
Country:United States
Coordinates:47.6674°N -122.1092°W
Owned:Sound Transit
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Accessible:Yes
Opening:2025
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail-light
Zoom:15

Marymoor Village station is a future Link light rail station near Marymoor Park in Redmond, Washington. The station is located along the south side of State Route 520 southwest of its interchange with State Route 202 near Downtown Redmond. It also includes a 1,400-stall park and ride in a garage built on the site.[1]

The station was originally included in the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure in 2008, but was left out of the East Link Extension after a funding shortfall stemming from the City of Bellevue's desire for a tunneled alignment under Downtown Bellevue.[2] Sound Transit instead completed environmental reviews and selected a preferred alignment to Downtown Redmond, indefinitely deferring the final segment of East Link until a later date.[3] The Sound Transit 3 ballot measure, passed in 2016, includes $1.1 billion in funding for the two stations in Downtown Redmond, which were planned by 2024.[4] Preliminary engineering on the Redmond extension was approved in February 2016, after being suspended in 2010.[5]

The station was originally named SE Redmond until Marymoor Village was adopted as its permanent name in June 2022.[6] Preliminary construction at the site began in late 2020.[7] The station is scheduled to open in 2025.[8]

Notes and References

  1. July 2011 . East Link Project Final Environmental Impact Statement . Executive Summary . ES-51 . . May 3, 2016.
  2. News: Lindblom . Mike . May 4, 2009 . Bellevue eyes Sound Transit train tunnel; Microsoft wants surface route . . May 3, 2016.
  3. May 14, 2009 . Sound Transit Board identifies preferred East Link light rail route . Sound Transit . May 3, 2016.
  4. News: Demay . Daniel . June 2, 2016 . Sound Transit approves faster timeline for next phases of light rail . . June 30, 2016.
  5. February 25, 2016 . Sound Transit advances engineering for Federal Way, Redmond light rail extensions . Sound Transit . August 31, 2016.
  6. Web site: June 23, 2022 . Sound Transit Motion No. M2022-44 . Sound Transit . August 18, 2022.
  7. News: October 19, 2020 . Construction work increasing around Redmond light rail extension . Redmond Reporter . February 14, 2024.
  8. News: Lindblom . Mike . August 18, 2022 . More delays for light rail to Bellevue, Redmond, Federal Way, Lynnwood . The Seattle Times . August 18, 2022.